OBJECTIVE
To obtain a senior level creative position in an advertising and/or internet company or similar.
TARGET JOB
Desired Job Type:
Employee
Desired Status:
Full-Time
Site Location:
No Preference
Description of my 'perfect' job:
Directing the creative aspects of ads, packaging and other collateral as well as web page design. Managing creative team in an excitingly charged environment.
TARGET COMPANY
Company Size:
No Preference
Category:
Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations
Description of my ideal company:
The company should have a solid foundation and structure as well as high expectations of its' employees. A pleasant work environment where a co-worker feels that he/she is a valuable part of the team.
TARGET LOCATIONS
US-NY-Long Island
US-NY-New York City
US-NJ
EXPERIENCE
12/1996 - 01/2000
Greenspan & Kushlin
New York, NY
Creative Director
Responsible for all creative projects in a high-pressure environment. Planning and storyboarding projects. Review and approve all in-house artwork. Layouts and designs of: Ads, Brochures,
Book-covers, Gaming packaging, Cosmetic packaging, logos. Mechanical art and design.
Digital pre-press and plate making for multi-color printing. Creating register-to-print art for
embossing/de-bossing and foil stamping applications. Web page design. 3-D Imaging and animated logo design. Scanning and re-touching existing art/photography. Fluent knowledge of
both Macintosh and PC operating systems.
5/1994 - 12/1996
Empire Images
New York, NY
Art Director
Oversee, track and approve all art and design projects. Discuss and review projects with creative director and clients. Ad and brochure design. Mailer / remittance envelope design. Logo design. Computer graphics. Newspaper, magazine, and poster ad design and layouts. Cosmetic
package design and re-packaging. Digital pre-press for multi-color printing. Type-setting.
Comps and mechanicals.
9/1990 - 10/1993
Electra Displays
Hauppauge, NY
Print Production Manager
Opening and closing printing facility. Review and schedule incoming orders. Administrate daily workload to employees. Set-up and run jobs to print. Work with staff artists to create more cost-effective design alternatives. Prototype design and creation. Color-matching inks to Pantone specs as per order. Inventory and ordering supplies. Training personnel.
8/1989 - 9/1990
King's Park Psychiatric
Center
King's Park, NY
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide
Helping patients cope with everyday problems. Monitoring and documenting inter-personal skills and actions of assigned patients. Charting vital signs of ill or induced patients.
7/1985 - 6/1989
Dragon Designs
Staten Island, NY
Assistant Art Director
Mechanical layouts. Logo design. Package design and engineering. Brochure design. Ad layouts for newspaper and magazines. Paste-up and type setting.
EDUCATION
4/1994
Educational Research and
Marketing Institute
Ronkonkoma, NY
Certification in Photoshop, Illustrator and Quark X-Press
9/85 - 6/86
Suffolk County Community College
Selden, NY
Advertising, mechanical drafting, drawing and painting, psychology.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Knowledge of Software Packages Include: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator,
Quark X-press, Corel 7.0 Suite, Corel Webmaster Suite, Micrographix Webtricity, Suite, Macromedia Freehand, Aldus PageMaker, Microsoft Office 97, Lotus Smartsuite, Casmate Pro, Enroute, KPT Bryce, Ray-Dream Design, Bryce Photosoap, Shockwave, Real Encoder,
Film Editor 1-2-3, Net Toob.
